Integration of RackBot System Increases Turnover Performance
SSI SCHAEFER expands and centralizes the intralogistics of the Spanish fashion brand with 25 RackBots.
Project Description
SSI SCHAEFER had already been responsible for project management for the construction of the first automated warehouse in Gava, Spain – a half-hour drive away from the Desigual headquarters in Barcelona, Spain. As the company continued to expand, Desigual then decided in 2014 to build a larger central warehouse in nearby Viladecans, Spain. In spring 2023, the decision was made to integrate the existing capacities into the new central warehouse.
Challenge
The aim was to have a capacity and turnover performance that matched the combined performance of both warehouses without expanding the existing space. That means: In addition to the status quo in the central warehouse, storage capacities of 7,900 packaging units were integrated for newly designed fashion items (“initials”) with a turnover of up to 650 cartons per hour.
Scope of Supply
The SSI SCHAEFER team planned a flexible and easily scalable RackBot solution in order to be able to develop the necessary dynamics in view of the compact space situation. Together with the customer, the decision was made to use the previously partially used third floor of the warehouse building to integrate the new units. Despite its low height of 5.30 m, this floor offered sufficient space to store the planned number of cartons while making optimum use of existing capacities. Furthermore, the system was to be installed and integrated during ongoing operation.
25 fully automated RackBots from the family of SSI Mobile Robots should not only guarantee the targeted maximum turnover of 30,000 units per day in two-shift operation, but also permanently stable transport and picking performance. The RackBots are autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that can transport up to 8 cartons simultaneously as mobile, non-aisle-bound storage-retrieval machines. A RackBot Port, which can also transport eight cartons simultaneously, handles the transfer to the picking area. In addition to setting up the rack units and a total of four picking stations (each with two put walls), the planning and implementation of an efficient conveying system was an integral part of the delivery. In this way, the ready-picked cartons could be transported to the lower floors.
